Dental cases before and after. Dental cases with solutions
Dentists often hear the question: what harm can brushing your teeth do? There is only one answer: everything can be harmful if it is done incorrectly. This includes regular brushing of teeth.
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Many are accustomed to taking care of their teeth, but gum health is often simply forgotten. But according to statistics, diseases of the soft tissues of the oral cavity occur in 70% of the population. The main reason for their occurrence is dental deposits: calculus and soft plaque. Let’s talk about how, in modern dentistry, a doctor removes a stone using ultrasound.
Continue reading “Brushing your teeth to avoid tartar”There are many dental clinics. On almost every street there is a dental office or clinic offering a wide range of services, without pain, according to the latest methods, cheaply and with modern equipment. And it is very difficult to choose among all these advertisements and marketing proposals to choose a dentist and a doctor, who will really help to solve the dental problem qualitatively. You need to choose a dentist for a long time, especially if you need not only treatment, but also restoration of the tooth row.
Lateral teeth (molars, premolars) are exposed to high loads on a regular basis, and their anatomic structure and position in the dental arch make them more difficult to care for. Therefore, masticatory units deteriorate faster due to various traumas and dental diseases. Prosthetics for molars and premolars requires the use of durable and strong materials that can withstand serious chewing stresses. Crowns – prosthetic constructions for single restorations, indicated when the destruction of the upper part of the tooth by more than 60%, when the placement of fillings is ineffective.
Although modern dentistry provides innovative techniques and methods that make treatment fast, effective and painless, many patients dread going to the dentist. At the thought of going to the dentist, their heart beats faster, their pupils dilate, their blood pressure rises and they start sweating profusely. This condition is called dentophobia (dentophobia, odontophobia) – a subconscious fear of dentistry, dentists and dental treatment in general. In fact, it is necessary and possible to overcome your fear of the dentist. To do this, you only need to identify the cause of increased anxiety.
Bite is the interaction of the upper and lower teeth in relation to each other, with the jaws closing completely. In a normal bite, the upper and lower teeth fit together tightly and without gaps. In this case, the lower teeth overlap the upper teeth by about a third. If the jaws are not properly aligned during the occlusion, it is a bite disorder.
The correct bite is called an orthognathic bite, and statistically it is found in only 10% of people. With a pathological bite, you have a lack of contact between the dental units, incomplete occlusion (closing of the jaws), and dysfunction of the dentoalveolar system. Modern orthodontics offers many effective methods of correcting malocclusion, regardless of age.
Continue reading “Bite correction for adults”Periodontitis is an inflammation of the connective tissue (periodontium) located between the dental root cement and the alveolar plate (bone cavity). Infection that develops in the root canals, through the apical opening, spreads beyond the borders of the root apex to the surrounding tissues and structures. It can be acute or chronic. Treatment of periodontitis includes the elimination of infection in the dental canals, their thorough cleaning and filling.
Implants are an operation to replace missing teeth with dental implants. A titanium root (implant) is implanted into the jawbone and loaded with a prosthetic structure (crown, bridge, full denture). Although implant placement is a surgical procedure, it does not have a strict upper age limit.
Dental implantation for the elderly is not contraindicated, but it can be complicated by comorbidities, weakened immunity, age-related slowdown of regenerative processes, changes in jawbone parameters. If there are no absolute contraindications, implantation is not only possible but necessary after 60.
Continue reading “What age is it acceptable to have dental implants?”Contemporary dental implantation is represented by two basic technologies – classic two-stage with a delayed prosthetic load and one-stage with the immediate placement of an orthopedic system. In the first case, the crown bridge or full denture is fixed on the implants after their full integration into the bone, in the second case the prosthetic structure is fixed on the titanium roots within 72 hours after their implantation.
Getting new teeth in 1 day is a dream for most people with adentia. Thanks to All-on-4 technology, this is now possible. The essence of the method is that only 4 implants are placed in the jaw of the patient – 2 implants vertically in the frontal area and 1 implant in the lateral areas at an angle, on which a bridge or bar prosthesis with 12 crowns is fixed.
Continue reading “The difference between All-on-4 and classic implantation”Even in this technological age, where the introduction of information technology is happening faster than the development of innovations in other areas, many people are prejudiced against the recommendations of dentists, preferring to trust highly questionable claims that originated centuries ago. Is an ordinary toothbrush and toothpaste enough for hygiene, are sweets bad for your teeth, is chewing gum good for you after eating, should you treat a baby tooth? There are a lot of myths swarming around these questions. So which dental myths are true and which are not?
